Mattoon, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mattoon, Illinois, shaded from 670 ft on the east side to 780 ft on the south side
Elevation
780 ft 235 m750 ft 230 m740 ft 225 m710 ft 215 m680 ft 210 m670 ft 205 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Mattoon sits at about 720 ft (220 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
720 ft 220 m
most residents: 710–730 ft
Lowest
670 ft 205 m
on the east side
Highest
780 ft 235 m
on the south side
Average
720 ft 220 m
all land inside city limits

Mattoon spans about 110 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
720 ft220 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
780 ft235 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
670 ft205 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mattoon
730 ft225 m
Airport (MTO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.5 mi east of the city limits
722 ft220 m
Average of all land720 ft220 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mattoon, Illinois, shaded from 670 ft on the east side to 780 ft on the south side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Coles County, Illinois, United States
Population
16,602 2024 est.
Land area
10.3 sq mi
Density
1,610 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.4831° N, 88.3728° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Embarras River → Wabash River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Coles County Memorial (MTO) 722 ft
ZIP codes 1
61938
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Gays750 ft
  2. Lerna750 ft
  3. Mattoon Township720 ft
  4. Mattoon720 ft
  5. Lafayette Township710 ft
  6. Pleasant Grove Township710 ft
  7. Paradise Township690 ft
  8. Whitley Township680 ft
  9. Humboldt Township670 ft
  10. North Okaw Township650 ft
  11. Trilla650 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Buck Knoll610 ft
  • Graveyard Hill610 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.